Fishing Reports

Very bad conditions today but we were able to put together a good catch. Lousy east wind, snotty conditions and outgoing tide against the wind is not your ideal situation when planning a great fluke trip. Nonetheless the gang from noreast.com hung in there and we found a good body of fluke to work on late morning. Ended up with 150 fluke, 30 keepers to 6 lbs. Not a bad day at all!

Fluke are here!! Headed back out for another Eastend Special on Tuesday!

Last nights porgies bite was very slow!!! bite was off sound wide once that east wind came up. It happens. Everyone had a few for dinner but not what we hoped for. They are here though and will be hungry again real soon!

Saturdays East End Special started off very well with plenty of nice fluke coming over the rail. It died out and the bite really shut down midway through and was slow the rest of the day. 200 fluke, 15 keepers before it slowed down. Cant wait to get back down there on Tuesday! Here is a nice report from the Veteran which he posted on noreast.com:

"decided to jump on the CQ's 1st east end trip today with my wife and my little daughter Hailey. i would first like to state that if you have children, Capt. Chris makes an excellent Nanny 🙂 while you fish – i think he's ready for 1 LOL! everybody on the boat helped us out and Capt. John was just great today, single handedly doing all the deckwork and cleaning the fish. we got to the spot about an hour and 45 minutes – immediately, nice action! my wife was into a nice 6 1/2 pounder which turned out to be one of the pool fishes! i myself had 25 shorts and my limit. my wife had 15 shorts and yes, the One keeper – the Pool 🙂 after that, it was sporadic action here and there. when the tide died, Capt. Chris went the extra mile and looked for some piles of porkchops for us but after 3 drops, not even the porkchops were biting. had so much fun with everybody. it was nice to see a few of the regulars – phil, mr lee, mike and his son. my double hats off today goes to capt. jon for breaking his butt and doing a great job. can't wait to go again next week, especially now that capt. neil informed us that we're on on the May 30th trip 🙂 here's a few pictures from todays fun. God Bless and Keep 'em tight…the Veteran

and again, thanks to the entire CQ family. we missed you Desi! but everybody deserves a day off here and there… but don't start taking too many

Very solid fluke action again today. We had the hudson anglers out on a charter and it was action all day with over 350 fluke landed. Most anlgers had 1-4 keepers (orl) and high hook was 40 fluke. Pool was 6.6 lbs. Bucktails were key once again.

Fluke are here guys!!

Porgie fishing was also good last night with plenty of big porgies!

No sail today with the weather. Yesterday was a very solid day all around. The morning bite was slow where we have been catching well. We picked a few fluke here and there and waited for the tide to turn to see if the bite would pick up but it never did. Looked around a bit and Capt Amanda gave us a call and put us onto a nice body of fluke for the rest of the day. Finished up with over 200 fluke, keeping over 30 up to 5 lbs. Many 20 inch plus fish were released. The fluke are here and definitely on the feed. All the boats in the area caught well today!

The PM Porgie Special was very good. Lots of BIG porgies to over 3 lbs were landed. Very good tides coming up this week for these trips. Bring the kids. Its PORGY TIME!

Lastly, due to popular demand and some very good fishing reports that we have received from down east, we will be sailing on a EAST END FLUKE SPECIAL leaving at 6:30am this Saturday, May 22 as well as Saturday May 29th! We will also be running these special trips every Tuesday and Thursday and may add a few more! These trips are by reservation so please book ahead.

Today I sailed on the CQ for the start of the FLUKE season.It feels as though last year never stopped.The morning started out slow with the bad tide but by 10am the bite was on.We had about 25 fisherman on board and I think at last count 225 to 250 FLUKE came over the rail with 35 keepers over 21 inches.Its just the start of a great season on a great boat.O by the way the CQ now has a second boat at the dock so there is always a spot ready for an eager fisherman.Capt DESI, Capt CHRIS and TOMMY made the day a great start to my season,Thanks for a wonderful day see you all real soon. TWEETY

Despite the poor drift we put some nice fluke in the boat with a few guys limiting out. We had to power drift most of the morning and picked at the fish. The last half hour of the trip we finally started to get a drift and the bite was decent the last few drifts. Finished up with 50 fluke, 15 keepers. Some big fish in the mix as well. We have a new leader in the largest fluke of the season to win the custom rod. Todays pool was an 8.2lb beauty!

The mid day trip was a slow pick with a dozen or so keepers. Nothing great though. A few nice fish.

We had dead low tide on our Porgie trip, the bite came together for the last part of the trip once the tide picked up. . Capt Jp worked hard and found a decent pile of porgies to end up the trip. Everyone went home with fish for dinner. With better tide the porgie bite should be great this week!

Solid fluking today. The morning was a little tricky with the stiff NW wind and incoming tide. The outgoing was best on our mid day trip. Fish were sitting on the slope 22-25 feet of water and it was a decent pick with the west wind. Finished the day up with some nice fluke including one 5, two 6 lbders, and one 7.10 lbder. The big flattie was caught by Jay from Noreast.com and he is currently in the lead to win the beautiful custom rod donated by Ralph "Rodwinder" for the largest fluke of the season! Ken Scott fished both trips for a dozen nice fluke keeping his limit on both trips (orl) Ten year old Quinn was back for his first trip of the season and caught his limit as well.
Way to start it off Quinn!

We did not sail with the weather this morning. Yesterdays fluke action was great though on the outgoing tide to end the trip. Capt Chris found a nice pile of fluke to work on and everyone went home with fish! Several large fluke had to be released but will hopefully be waiting for us tomorrow!

The pm trip was organized by Jeff Rocco to raise money for Autism Speaks. He did an awesome job putting a great bunch of people together and raised $1400 to the cause. Great job Jeff! The porgie fishing was very good at the beginning of the trip with plenty of nice jumbos coming over the rail and slowed as the current picked up. All in all a very enjoyable trip!

Looks like the fluke and Porgies are really starting to settle in. The next few weeks is always some of the best fishing for the whole season!

We did not sail today with the weather. Yesterday, we had a good showing of larger fluke……but there was one problem. Most of them were too big! A good problem to have. We kept a few in the slot and release several more of 20 inches. We also had a handful of very large porgies as well.

John Brisciana led the way with 11 fluke on the day, 8 of which were over 20 inches up to 6.5 lbs. Hopefully these big plumpies will be waiting for us on Saturdays regular season opener!

We havent sailed much recently with the weather. Last trip was Friday and we puts some nice fluke in the boat. Nothing crazy yet but 4 fares had a pick up fluke on the day and everyone went home with fish for the day. Also, it was great to see that the porgies are showing up. There were huge piles around on the fluke grounds during the day. We tried for them on the evening trip Friday and had a slow pick. That should bust open this week as they are really starting to stack up!

Picture perfect day today with warm temps and calm seas Everything looks good with lots of Sandeels and terns everywhere. The fluke bite was slow with just a few fluke here and there. We kept 5 in the slot size, released one 23 incher and threw a bunch of shorts.
Hopefully very soon the bite will happen!

Today was the fluke opener! We did find some life on the slopes, but nothing great yet. 15 fluke were landed on the day largest about 4 lbs. A few were in the slot of 17-20 inches. Bucktails had all the action and Joe Deptula was high hook with 5 fluke.

There was a very good showing of bait on the shoals and the terns are just showing up which is a good sign. The fluke we did cut were chock full of sandeels. There have been fluke caught to 8lbs locally within the past week so hopefully this is just the beginning of good days to come!

Finished up the blackfish season yesterday. About 45 tog on the day, 20 keepers. The water temp was actually colder yesterday than when we began the season on April 11! Slow day but Im sure they will bite their faces off this week now that the warm weather has come back and the season is closed!

Sailing everyday for fluke and in a week or so we will start to combo in the porgies!!